I have a unique universal object that is essential for my Photoshop scripts. It contains various properties and methods like this:
var Object = {};
Object.text = "this is some text";
Object.toolbox = new ToolBox(); // specialized object with its own functionality
Object.toolbox.someFunction = function() { return "this is a custom function"; };
My challenge now is to encode this complete object into a string format.
In the world of Photoshop, when you need to present a non-modal dialog box (palette) to users for input or interaction without obstructing the main application workflow (like prompting them to select an area using the marquee tool before proceeding), you must communicate with Photoshop through BridgeTalk. However, any code you send via BridgeTalk needs to be in string form, as demonstrated below:
var title = "Select Item";
var message = "Choose the item to work on, then click proceed.";
var bt = new BridgeTalk();
bt.target = "photoshop";
bt.body = "var dialog = new Window('palette', '" + title + "', [0, 0, 400, 100]); \
dialog.add('statictext', [5,5,390,50], '" + message + "'); \
okButton = dialog.add('button', [5,40,205,90], 'Proceed!'); \
dialog.center(); \
okButton.onClick = function() { \
dialog.close(); \
object = " + object + "; \
#include \"/c/script.jsx\"; \
}; \
dialog.show();";
bt.send();
The crucial point for me is that the 'object' variable needs to retain all its traits (properties and methods) in the subsequent script being loaded, specifically /c/script.jsx. Therefore, I am seeking a solution to convert the entire 'object' entity into a string for seamless integration within the obj = declaration.